Jesus told Zacchaeus to come down from the tree for dinner before Zacchaeus ever had the good idea to give half of what he had to the poor and give back any tax money he’d unfairly kept for himself. Jesus reached out to the Samaritan woman before she had all her questions answered, before she truly understood what the coming of the Messiah was all about.
The global church has long debated the topic of women in leadership and ministry. Even in traditions that support women as pastors, women who are called to church planting often still face unique challenges of their own. Carolyn Moore explains some of these challenges in this Seven Minute Seminary video.
“Trust and obey, for there’s no other way to be happy in Jesus but to trust and obey.” The words to John H. Sammis’ hymn have been repeated by many lips over the decades. We often know to apply them to our personal lives. Kevin Kinghorn suggests that we must also apply these words to the way we consider the economic principles under which we live.
Typically, we shout Hosanna in a celebratory way while our sweet children wave palm branches on Palm Sunday. But, Hosanna is not always a joyful cry. Keith Turner shares the meaning of the word Hosanna and what it means as a cry of desperation: “Lord, save now!”
[button font_size=”25″ color=”#c69225″ text_color=”#ffffff” url=”https://podcastcdn.seedbed.com/03-16-16.mp3″ width=”400″ target=”_blank”]Listen to today’s Daily Text[/button] March 16, 2016 Matthew 4:8-11 8 Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of
